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| 12:00 am | to | 1:00 am |
April 5, 12:00 am COPYSHOP: Black Atticus
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Entries from March 2008 ↓
24hr Nuclear War
March 31st, 2008 — First Friday, Upcoming
SB3974 Amended & Passed 8-0
March 19th, 2008 — copyfight
Earlier today, SB3974 (the “copyright” Bill) was passed unanimously. Remarkably, the Bill was amended to reflect the concerns of all those who had called, mailed, and gathered in protest. As a result, the Bill will no longer:
(1) Prohibit the non-infringing use of copyrighted material
(2) Restrict an educational institution’s use of copyrighted material under the provisions of 17 U.S.C. § 107
Congratulations to all those who helped make this change!
SB3974 is a Bill written by the RIAA, and sponsored by Knoxville Sen. Tim Burchett, that forces any institution of “higher learning” to monitor all public university students and (according to the RIAA) expel any who access copyrighted content.
Copyshop has been organizing a protest against this Bill over the past weeks. Before the current amendment, the language of the Bill was so vague that it would have forced Universities to stop the transfer of almost all content over the School network. The current Amendment corrects many of these errors - although it continues to demand a system that will police and criminalize students.
Letter to America: Shafted/3974
March 16th, 2008 — copyfight
Listen to the Audio Podcast by Jett Loe, Letter to America “Chapter 80 - Shafted/3974 - RIAA Special Edition” on our work in Nashville against Bill SB3974. Chris is heard from as he continues alone in front of the Legislative Plaza, and Senator Tim Burchett and RIAA lobbyist Wendell Moore contribute their thoughts.
Letter to America - Chapter 80 - Shafted/3974 - RIAA Special Edition
Digg: Senator says he let RIAA write Bill banning net at schools!
The RIAA bill forces TN Universities to spend millions to stop kids using internet. In podcast interview RIAA lobbyist says universities should expel students for downloading. Senator sponsoring Bill admits he doesn’t know computers, didn’t write it, let the RIAA write it for him! This bill is being voted on this week - let’s stop this bill!
Alternative Content Licenses
March 11th, 2008 — copyfight
“In recent years copyright has moved away from being an esoteric and technical legal subject to one that affects musicians, designers, artists, students, authors, ordinary consumers, and more generally any one involved in any way in cultural production. Copyright stories assault us everyday in our newspapers, our emails and in the next few years, will play a very important role in determining the way we think of creativity; either in terms of exlusive property or in terms of collaboration. It is an issue in which content creators have a vital stake and certainly too important an issue to leave to the lawyers alone.
This booklet serves as an introduction to the world of ‘open content licensing’, a paradigm that is rapidly emerging as an important alternative to the existing model of copyright.” - Lawrence Liang, Introduction ”Guide to Open Content Licenses”
Keep it Up! Action Def. to March 19!
March 6th, 2008 — Copyshop, copyfight
Action on SB3974/HB3915 has been delayed until March 12 … March 19th!
Calendar updates can be seen here.
Get together with us this Friday and Saturday for some discussions, videos from Oil21 on issues of File-Sharing and Rights Management, good food and FREE BEER 3.3!
The Oil of the 21st Century (v1.1)
February 20th, 2008 — Copyshop, First Friday, Pirate Cinema, Upcoming
Friday and Saturday - March 7th & 8th - COPYSHOP will host v1.1 of The Oil of the 21st Century conference.
Video from the v1.0 conference will be broadcast alongside new discussion and debate. Come to celebrate and drink FREE BEER v3.3! Download “General Rights Management” by Rasmus Fleischer in the new booklet designed by Harsh Patel. This booklet is designed to be printed on grey paper and bound with white staples. To assemble:
[1] Feed in either PDF first and print regularly.
[2] Take the printout, flip and rotate the stack, and put it back in your print tray.
[3] Print the second PDF.
This should create a double-sided set of 4 spreads, which you can fold down the middle and staple to make a 16-page booklet. Please print and distribute freely (and responsibly).
The Oil of the 21st Century (v1.1)
February 20th, 2008 — Copyshop, First Friday, Pirate Cinema, Upcoming
| March 7, 2008 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
| March 8, 2008 | ||
| 3:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Friday and Saturday - March 7th & 8th - COPYSHOP will host v1.1 of The Oil of the 21st Century conference.
Video from the v1.0 conference will be broadcast alongside new discussion and debate. Come to celebrate and drink FREE BEER v3.3! Download “General Rights Management” by Rasmus Fleischer in the new booklet designed by Harsh Patel. This booklet is designed to be printed on grey paper and bound with white staples. To assemble:
[1] Feed in either PDF first and print regularly.
[2] Take the printout, flip and rotate the stack, and put it back in your print tray.
[3] Print the second PDF.
This should create a double-sided set of 4 spreads, which you can fold down the middle and staple to make a 16-page booklet. Please print and distribute freely (and responsibly).